A study tracking rainfall patterns over thousands of years has found that more arid periods coincided with ages of dynastic ...

Explore Xi'an, the incredible ancient city and the ‘birthplace of civilisation,' home to the Terracotta Army and countless ...

The earliest ice skates in ancient China were primarily crafted from horse shinbones. Over time, wooden ice skates emerged, ...

Origins throws you into chaos in ancient China with a sword in one hand and a thousand enemies in the other. You’re expected ...

Items from Nanhai No 1, which sank during the Southern Song dynasty and was found in 1987, tell us about life in the past.

During the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, with the initial wave of knowledge from Western countries sweeping across China, thousands of Catholic missionaries came to the country, including the ...

The Byzantine Empire maintained an intriguing relationship with ancient China, thus sending ambassadors there.

Food from ancient, and not-so-ancient, times, has seen cuisine from across China appear on tables at home and abroad to this ...

Bingxi as a form of performance for the court began in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and reached its peak during Qing (1644-1911). Each year after the winter solstice (in late December), grand ice ...